“For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:10. So long as the Lord had work for Paul to do in Corinth, the fury of the mob was restrained. The Jews opposed themselves and blasphemed; but they could neither…
Read More“The Lord will make you the head, not the tail.” Deuteronomy 28:13. If we obey the Lord, He will compel our adversaries to see that His blessing rests upon us. Though this be a promise of the law, yet it stands good to the people of God; for Jesus has removed the curse, but He…
Read More“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8.” The nearer we come to God, the more graciously will He reveal Himself to us. When the prodigal comes to his father, his father runs to meet him. When the wandering dove returns to the ark, Noah puts out his hand to…
Read More“When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.” Proverbs 3:24. Is the reader likely to be confined for a while to the bed by sickness! Let him go upstairs without distress with this promise upon his heart “When thou liest down, thou shalt not be…
Read More“One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised.” Joshua 23:10. Why count heads? One man with God is a majority though there be a thousand on the other side. Sometimes our helpers may be too many for God to work with them, as was the…
Read More“I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not.” Isaiah 42:16. Think of the infinitely glorious Jehovah acting as a Guide to the blind! What boundless condescension does this imply! A blind man cannot find a way which he does not know. Even when he knows the road, it is hard for…
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